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Southern Sun wins award for Lagos hotel

 

Southern Sun Ikoyi Hotel recently won three awards at the 2010 West African Tourism & Hospitality Awards held in Accra, Ghana. The awards were in the following categories: Best 4-Star Hotel/Resort (Platinum); Best New Hotel 2010 (Gold); and CEO of the year 2010 (Gold) for the General Manager, Mr Mark Loxley. A company spokesman said: “Given the fact that Southern Sun Ikoyi Hotel has only been operating for less than a year-and-a-half in this competitive market, its success story leaves nothing to doubt about its facilities and world class service standards which it offers its clients.”

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Aero Marine starts construction of 250 room hotel at Lagos Airport

31 January 2011

Aero Marine (West Africa) Limited and Hilton Hotels and Resorts celebrated breaking ground of the Hilton Lagos Airport  in late January.

Bukola Okunowo of Aero Marine (West Africa) Limited was joined by Minister for Aviation, Fidelia A. Njeze and the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Jubril Martins-Kuye at the ceremony, which was also attended by Rudi Jagersbacher, President, Middle East and Africa, Hilton Worldwide and Deepak Seth, Vice President Development, Europe and Africa, Hilton Worldwide.

Okunowo, Chairman of Aero Marine (West Africa) Ltd., said "We're very excited to commence work on this project. When anyone checks into a Hilton hotel, they expect the very best in service and hospitality and it's those world-class standards that we will be bringing to the Hilton Lagos Airport."

The 250-room hotel is located on Murtala Muhammed Airport Road, within easy reach of the international airport. The hotel, which is expected to open in Q1 2013, will become the second hotel operated by Hilton Hotels and Resorts in Nigeria and will feature a pool, fitness and health spa, a restaurant, lobby bar and pool snack bar plus three large meeting rooms and a ballroom. Hilton Worldwide has 25 hotels in total across Africa including the Transcorp Hilton, Nigeria.

The company has another 15 in the development pipeline including the Hilton Windhoek in Namibia, Hilton Labriz Resort and Spa in the Seychelles and Hilton Kampala in Uganda.

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